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Old 1st June 2011, 11:45 PM   #6
Jim McDougall
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You bet Eftihis!
This one was a fun adventure as I've never seen anything like that either, and its often surprising when a seller assessment is pretty much on target (too many faux paus on ebay etc.). An interesting symbolic note, the fasces which is the old Roman image has almost literally the same root as the fascine knife...the bundle of these sticks with an axe head projecting from it.
I get the idea that these were often pretty much one off, so aside from possibly seldom seen Italian collections, it would be tough to find another I would imagine.....but then, I always hope that someone lurking out there might have one or seen one
Thank you so much for posting this Eftihis,
All the best,
Jim
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